Wandelbots GmbH develops NOVA, a vendor-agnostic robot operating system that allows manufacturers to program industrial robots without coding. Founded in Dresden in 2017 by a team of scientists, the company has grown to over 120 employees and raised more than $120 million to scale its platform across global manufacturing operations.
The company serves major industrial customers including Volkswagen, Schaeffler, and Schunk, helping them reduce deployment times and lower the total cost of robot ownership. Wandelbots takes a software-defined approach to industrial automation, treating robot programming as a separate problem from hardware selection. This vendor-agnostic model allows manufacturers to switch between robot platforms without rewriting instructions, addressing a longstanding friction point in factory modernisation.
Wandelbots has established strategic partnerships with Microsoft, NVIDIA, and 3M to strengthen its ecosystem and accelerate adoption of its technology. The company positions itself at the intersection of IT and operational technology, working to make industrial automation accessible to a broader range of factories across Europe and globally.
